Honourable mentions

There are some strong opinions out there when it comes to valve combos, and the votes - which counted in their thousands - reflected that.

Of course the majority of the vote was swallowed up by the big brands and the classic amps that have been populating backlines for decades. But an awful lot of you appear to be getting your kicks elsewhere, with many smaller names and more obscure little black boxes grabbing plenty of votes.

Among the amps that just failed to make the cut, but still scored enough votes to make them more than worthy of a salute were the Orange Tiny Terror Combo, Laney VC15, the Egnater Rebel 30, the Bogner Shiva, Bugera's V22 and, with a surprisingly low number of votes, the Matchless DC30.

Read on for full run down of the valve combos that you voted the best in class 2013...